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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.0.0 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:30:41 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Uphoff On Media</title><subtitle>Uphoff On Media</subtitle><id>http://www.uphoffonmedia.com/uphoffonmediacom/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://www.uphoffonmedia.com/uphoffonmediacom/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.uphoffonmedia.com/uphoffonmediacom/atom.xml"/><updated>2008-12-03T03:34:07Z</updated><generator uri="http://www.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace Site Server v5.0.0 (http://www.squarespace.com/)">Squarespace</generator><entry><title>Social Media Gets Down To Business</title><id>http://www.uphoffonmedia.com/uphoffonmediacom/2008/12/3/social-media-gets-down-to-business.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.uphoffonmedia.com/uphoffonmediacom/2008/12/3/social-media-gets-down-to-business.html"/><author><name>Tony Uphoff</name></author><published>2008-12-03T01:41:38Z</published><updated>2008-12-03T01:41:38Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[There are now hundreds of millions of people actively engaged on social networks, blogs and micro messaging services, literally dwarfing any other media in size or level of activity. And there are more joining everyday. Social media has truly come of age. A year ago, in a presentation on the topic of social networking in business, I noted that Facebook had reached the eye popping number of 40 million registered users while Linkedin had hit 8 million. This week, as a panelist on the same topic at the Town Hall LA series, I noted that Facebook now has over 100 million registered users and Linkedin has just gone over 32 million.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Twittering a Tragedy</title><id>http://www.uphoffonmedia.com/uphoffonmediacom/2008/11/29/twittering-a-tragedy.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.uphoffonmedia.com/uphoffonmediacom/2008/11/29/twittering-a-tragedy.html"/><author><name>Tony Uphoff</name></author><published>2008-11-29T18:31:55Z</published><updated>2008-11-29T18:31:55Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[The tragic acts of violence this week in Mumbai India were a sobering reminder of the shock and horror of global terrorism. My thoughts and prayers, as well as those of everyone at TechWeb, are with our colleagues at UBM in India and everyone who was affected by this senseless tragedy. The news on these horrific events also illuminated the growing pains that social media is going through as a means of getting accurate information during crisis coverage...]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Where Is Your Social Network ?</title><id>http://www.uphoffonmedia.com/uphoffonmediacom/2008/11/26/where-is-your-social-network.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.uphoffonmedia.com/uphoffonmediacom/2008/11/26/where-is-your-social-network.html"/><author><name>Tony Uphoff</name></author><published>2008-11-26T01:13:41Z</published><updated>2008-11-26T01:13:41Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[I’ve been fascinated by the growth of social networking. From Facebook to Linkedin to Twitter, we’re seeing amazing levels of engagement. This engagement is remaking the media landscape too. I’ve struggled to embrace the term social networking though. Felt too restrictive in a business environment and too closely tied to the early pioneering brands like My Space to be taken seriously. Been giving this more thought however and feel perhaps I've been thinking about this the wrong way...]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Da Plane Boss! Da Plane!</title><id>http://www.uphoffonmedia.com/uphoffonmediacom/2008/11/23/da-plane-boss-da-plane.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.uphoffonmedia.com/uphoffonmediacom/2008/11/23/da-plane-boss-da-plane.html"/><author><name>Tony Uphoff</name></author><published>2008-11-23T07:28:31Z</published><updated>2008-11-23T07:28:31Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[I've been trying to control myself but I just can't. Like Howard Beale in the movie Network, "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore!!". Along with everyone else I've been following the dramatic turn of events in the global economy. The melt down of the credit markets has been startling and the continued fallout horrifying. I had thought however that the clueless "masters of the universe" attitude of many of the financial services executives in the face of the financial crisis was the worst I'd ever see...]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Fixing Microsoft's Media Business</title><id>http://www.uphoffonmedia.com/uphoffonmediacom/2008/11/23/fixing-microsofts-media-business.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.uphoffonmedia.com/uphoffonmediacom/2008/11/23/fixing-microsofts-media-business.html"/><author><name>Tony Uphoff</name></author><published>2008-11-23T00:44:56Z</published><updated>2008-11-23T00:44:56Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Ok Steve, if your listening here's your play. Given the ambitious, sprawling company that is now Microsoft you find yourself fighting across a large number of tricky markets. You're wrestling with the IT giants, IBM, Oracle and SAP while at the same time battling video game console manufacturers in the consumer arena. Oh yea... and you're also engaged in a chess match for control of the online media universe with a little company called Google...]]></summary></entry><entry><title>The First Internet Presidency</title><id>http://www.uphoffonmedia.com/uphoffonmediacom/2008/11/8/the-first-internet-presidency.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.uphoffonmedia.com